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 SQL Server Export Tab Delimited, Column Value only

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velnias2010
Posting Yak Master

125 Posts

Posted - 2014-06-19 : 08:37:54
Trying to export a SQL Server 2012 table to CSV file, with tab delimited

Using the Export wizard it completes it no problem but behaving as expected,

Lets say I have 3 Columns

address1 NVARCHAR(50)
address2 NVARCHAR(50)
address3 NVARCHAR(50)

It is exporting it is doing

Column Width 50 (with value) |tab| Column Width 50 (with value) |tab| Column Width 50 (with value) |tab|


I was hoping for

Actual Value Length |tab| Actual Value Length |tab| Actual Value Length |tab|

gbritton
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2780 Posts

Posted - 2014-06-19 : 11:09:05
Export wizard generates SSIS packages with limited options. You probably want to build a custom package using BIDS (before SQL Server 2012) or SSDT.
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2014-06-21 : 05:15:15
you need to make file type as delimited rather than fixed width in the properties. Then width will depend on actual value length rather than always being fixed on max length.


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